Successful Biztown Fieldtrip

 Our fifth graders did an awesome job during our Biztown field trip. Special thanks to all the volunteers and the Scholls Heights PTO for supporting this worthwhile adventure. The JA BizTown experience allows our students to understand: 

• The rights and responsibilities of citizenship.
• The steps needed to apply for and obtain a job, and the critical-thinking, problem-solving, teamwork, and leadership skills required to succeed in that job.
• How to write checks, use debit cards, and manage money effectively.
• How goods, services, and resources flow in an economy.
• How to start, finance, and manage a business that will bring jobs to a community.            
• The JA BizTown experience helps students connect the dots through role-play during an exhilarating, daylong simulated experience. Students assume various roles, including CEO, CFO, KeyBank bank teller, Portland Business Journal newspaper reporter, BZTV meteorologist, IRS agent, UPS delivery manager, and attorney.
• As “business owners,” students learn to:
  
  • Responsibly manage staff, financial resources, inventories, and customers.
  • Work as a team.
  • Account for business expenses and still take in enough money to make a profit.
  • Balance their professional and personal responsibilities
  As “consumers,” students learn to:
  
• Make wise financial decisions.
• Write checks, use debit cards, and balance a checkbook.
• Make deposits into their bank accounts.
• Manage their JA BizTown income as they purchase what they need first and only after that what they want.
• Understand their relationship as consumers to the economy.

Interviews were held to determine our jobs.

We had excellent eye contact.

Answering questions with examples.

Looking over our completed job application.

Dressed to impress!

Our arrival directions.

We can't wait to get off the bus and see this place!

We are here.

Construction Company

Allstate

Community Wellness

Fred Meyer

Century Link

Oregon Humane Society

NW Sports

Weyerhaeuser

JA Realty

Discovery Center

Key Bank CEO hard at work!

Business Journal

Cafe was a popular spot.

Checking inventory.

Mayor gives the opening ceremony speech.

All CEO's explain what their company offers.

Busy bank.

Construction company is looking at their plans.

Making sure we are ready for on air interview.

International Sign Company delivery.

Fast lunch break.

Filling out the check register to keep track of spending.

Is my tie on straight?

Bizmart always serves customers with smiles.

This is stressful, but I can do it.

Invoices keep streaming in.

Making sure we have enough inventory.

Hmm..let me get back to you.

Reporters are busy typing.

The CEO and CFO get ready for the day.

Gas & Electric CFO

The owner makes sure it fits.

We are exhausted! Bus drive home.